Behçet’s disease is an inflammatory, multisystemic, relapsing syndrome of unknown etiology. It involves heterogeneous clinical manifestations such as: recurrent oral ulcers, ocular inflammation, genital ulcers, and skin lesions. More severe manifestations may occur due to vasculitis of small and large arteries and/or veins with formation of arterial aneurysms or thrombosis, in addition to neurological or gastrointestinal involvement. Diagnosis is clinical and mainly symptomatic, and treatment may include corticosteroids with or without immunosuppressants and, eventually, other interventions for more severe manifestations. […]

Paragangliomas are rare benign neuroendocrine tumors of extra-adrenal location, but a small proportion may have a clinical malignant behavior and metastasize. In the neck, they usually affect the carotid body and are inactive in the secretion of catecholamines. These tumors are often asymptomatic but may present as a pulsatile cervical mass or cause compression in adjacent structures. Surgical excision is the only potentially curative treatment since histological evaluations may be limited to provide a definitive diagnosis of malignancy. Late recurrence […]

Abstract Introduction Due to its prevalence and gravity, coronary diseases require a more definite and early sort of diagnosis. Thus, there is extreme urgency in identifying patients under the risk of such problem. The most important indicator of risk is a previous manifestation of atherosclerosis itself. In this context, the study of subclinical atherosclerosis may bring to light essential information. Objective To evaluate if there is any connection between carotid and coronary alterations; if the absence of atherosclerosis in the […]